Antirattler



Jan. 18, 1927. 1,614,845

A. M. MOBLEY ANT IRATTLER Filed March 15. 1926 Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES ARTHUR M. MORLEY, OF HAWKINSVILLE, GEORGIA.

ANTIRATTLER.

Application filed March 15, 1926. Serial No. 94,743.

This invention relates to a simple and efficient device for preventingthe rattling of doors, particularly automobile doors. It is intended tobe applied simply and readily to various types of cars and will operateto produce the desired result and prevent any rattling due to loosenessot' the engaging latch members of the door.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device applied to the door.

Figure 2 is a disassembled view'of the device constituting theinvention.

n Figure 3 is an edge View of the door casing with the invention inposition, having a part thereof in section.

Figure 4 is a view of a modification.

The invention is illustrated as being applied to an automobile havingthe usual body A, door B, provided with a spring pressed latch C,operated by a handle D. The body carries the usual fixed cooperatinglatch member E which is integral or rigid with a plate F set into theedge of the door casing and having a flange member G which serves as astop for the door in its closing movement. These parts are or may be oldand common and may be varied considerably without in any way departingfrom the invention. In a door of this Construction there is apt to besome lost motion due to the necessity for permitting the movable latch Cto pass over a fixed member E in order to engage the same. Especiallyafter some use there is likely to be more or less looseness which causesrattling between the parts.

This invention is intended to prevent any 40 such rattling and comprisesa short open ended trough member 1 of sheet metal or the like in whichare received the ends of a hair pin shaped spring member 2, providedwith a screw opening 4. When the parts are assembled the edges of thetrough member 1 are placed against the flange G and a screw bolt 3passes through the flange and the opening 4 and is engaged by the usualscrew nut 5. In this way the parts are held firmly in assembledposition. A lock nut may be provided or the end of the bolt 3 may beriveted to prevent accidental displacement and hold the parts firmlv inposition.

The spring member 2 is bent at 6 and again at 7 in such way that itprojects downwardly into the door opening. \Vhen the door is closed thisspring member will be moved from the full to the dotted line position ofFigure 3 and obviously will exert suflicient pressure on the inner faceof the m door to hold the two latch members C and E in constantengagement and prevent any rattling therebetween.

In Figure 4 is disclosed a slight modification in which a trough shapedmember 3 has one end closed as at 9 which is prefen ably semi-circularor arcuate inform. This encloses the upper end of the member andprevents the entry of dust and dirt between the trough shaped member andthe flange G when the parts are assembled. Otherwise the construction isidentical with that already described.

It is obvious that slight modifications may be made in the precise formof the device in order to enable it to be adapted for slightly varyingtypes of doors and therefore it to be understood that the invention isto be regarded as limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

The combination with a door jamb forming a door opening, of a doorhinged to said jamb, a latch carried by the door, a latch keeper fixedto the jamb and including a flange extending into the door opening andforming a stop for the door, and a spring arm supporting by said, flangeand extending downwardly therefrom and thence inwardly m into the dooropening to yieldably retain the door in spaced relation to said stopflange.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ARTHUR M. MOBLEY.

